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Alfred has nine times as many cookies as Jerry. Together, they have forty cookies. How many cookies do each person have?

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Given:

Alfred has nine times as many cookies as Jerry

Let Jerry has a number of cookies = x

So, Alfred will have the number of cookies = 9x

Together, they have forty cookies

So, x + 9x = 40

Solve for x


\begin{gathered} x+9x=40 \\ 10x=40 \\ x=(40)/(10)=4 \end{gathered}

The number of cookies of Alfred = 36

The number of cookies of Jerry = 4

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